12 New Features to try after the AU

[Logethica]

12 Things You Can Now Do With Windows 10 After The Anniversary Update:
SOURCE: gizmodo.com

It’s Windows 10 update time! The so-called “Anniversary Update” marks a year since the OS officially made it out of Redmond and it’s the biggest update yet. We’ve already posted our initial impressions of the update, but with the hefty patch now rolling out for everybody, here are 12 new tricks to try on your Windows 10 machine...

• Switch to the dark theme

Paint Windows 10 black with a simple toggle switch change: the dark theme was previously available as a hidden feature in Microsoft’s OS but is now fully official. Go to Settings then pick Personalization and Colours to find the option. It turns dialogs and (some) universal apps dark, and if you’re on a laptop could even save you battery life.

• Control music playback from the lock screen

The lock screen is where you sign into Windows, and the Anniversary Update is giving it some new features, including music playback controls. It only works if music is already playing in Microsoft’s own Groove app before you lock the screen, but the controls you need appear in the lower-left. Or, you can use Cortana to play music instead…

• Run extensions in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft’s brand new browser hasn’t exactly set the world on fire yet, but it’s slowly looking more like a competent piece of software. The Anniversary Update brings with it extensions for Edge. There’s a new Extensions entry on the main app menu for managing your add-ons and you can pick up new ones from (where else?) the Windows Store.

• Translate text and pin tabs in Microsoft Edge

Another new feature in Edge — which is actually just the Microsoft Translator extension — is the ability to switch between different languages when you’re surfing the web. You can also finally pin tabs, just like every other browser in the world, bringing a much-needed power user feature — right-click on a tab and choose Pin to dock it to the left-hand side.

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Have you used any of the new features of Windows 10 since the Anniversary Update?...
..If Yes, What are your opinions of them?

 

[NekoHr]

None of these, I use Classic shell for menu, listen music when I'm near computer so dont' need lockscreen and don use Edge.

But there is one feature I use a lot, quick select audio output

 

[King Alpha]

Dark theme!

Still yet to install AU though. What about you @Logethica?

 

[Lucent Warrior]

The dark theme was ok, but ended up switching back to the default. The two extensions i did try in edge "Ad block Plus & Lastpass" work, although both seem to have some quirks about them which was expected upon extension release. I personally would like to wait until the ability to add more extensions from Chrome store, before i explore any more of edge.

 

[Logethica]

Dark theme!

Still yet to install AU though. What about you @Logethica?

Me either @King Mellow ....
I am thinking that I will install it in about 2 weeks or so...
I want to wait for both the M$ patch to fix the AU,and the patch to fix the patch

 

[DardiM]

Thanks for the share

As a Bat-penguin, I 'am using the dark theme, the only new feature I need

...
...,and the patch to fix the patch

Lol

 

[ElectricSheep]

Still not doing the AU, after all I waited almost the full year before finally bothering to get 10. Rather have a less buggy version - once they've got the bugs out of the bugs, I'll take the leap

 

[jamescv7]

I've use Microsoft Edge with extensions of adblocker, however some performance issues still occur when browsing although minimal.

The dark theme of Windows is very acceptable on my view and well polished.

Other than that, the lock screen background is no longer the default Windows background unless disable it.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Definitely Edge extension support; dark theme can be acquired by registry tweaks.